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Reflections on a diamond jubilee
Front page of the Baltimore Sun on October 10, 1966, after the Baltimore Orioles won the 1966 World Series. (Photo: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons) I am not usually given to apocalypticism, but I think I got the imagery exactly right when, in 2001, I called my brother and described the ruins left by the demolition of Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium as akin to “the abomination of desolation” (cf. Daniel 9:27, 11:31, 12:11). What had once been our youthful field of dreams, wh

George Weigel
Oct 73 min read


A heroic example
Cal Ripken Jr. ("The Iron Man"), shortstop with the Baltimore Orioles, practicing his swing before a game against the Detroit Tigers at...

George Weigel
Sep 17, 20253 min read


When was baseball’s Golden Age?
Amidst a presidential campaign in which many of our countrymen deplore the choices we face in November, let’s take a break, follow the...

George Weigel
Aug 21, 20243 min read
Greg Maddux, Jesus Christ and the Sword of the Spirit
In the Church’s eternal wisdom, the feasts of Easter and Pentecost fall around the start of baseball season. Some might be tempted to...

Scott Elmer, D. Min.
May 16, 20173 min read
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